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HOG :
M60 Machinegun




Lickin Chicken Ho Chi Minh:
Loud and Clear




Going Over:
Used for a sailor going on liberty




DotHead or White Head:
Somebody wearing Garmet or White Towel on their head




Toe-Maine-Tony:
A cook aboard Navy ship




Bildge-Rat:
Bolier Maker in the Navy




Steel Beach Picnic:
A party for sailors (usually to celebrate a holiday while at sea) on a portion or all of a weather or flight deck




Mosquito Wings:
One stripe (at the time, a PFC/Private First Class)




Slicksleeve:
Private




CH-47 S***t Hook:
Army CH-47 twin rotor helo




Rotor Head:
Helicopter crew/maint personel-Army, Navy




Turtle Farm:
Holding compound for new arrivals-Camp Casey Korea




Eighty-six:
Get rid of, out of item, "86 that before the CO gets here"




Un-ass the AO:
Get out of the current location




Flyrod:
lower enlisted Air Force




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